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Why Solar Still Works for Full-Time Workers

There is a common misconception that solar is only good for people who are home during the day. Don’t get me wrong, people with home businesses or people that stay at home with their children definitely see the most benefit from having solar installed. However, that doesn’t mean that it

Top 5 Tax Deductions When Working From Home

Making the choice to work from home can be one of the best and worst decisions you ever make. Choosing to start your own business gives you the freedom to make your own hours, choose the work you want to do and hopefully spend more time with your family. Unfortunately,

5 Ways to Save Money When Raising Teenagers

If you live in a household with teenagers, you have surely experienced the pain of finding an air-conditioner left on while no one is home or pulled out a load of washing that consisted of a couple shirts and a pair of underwear. These costly oversights can often result in

Looking Back On 2019 With 2020 Vision

One of the first pieces of content that I created for Horan & Bird last year was a blog recapping 2018. I thought it would be a good idea to make that an annual thing and look back on how 2019 has been for us. To say that 2019 had

4 Investments Guaranteed to Reduce your Energy Bill

If you’re like me, you probably think of the biggest thing you can do to implement change. Then you end up disappointed because it seems out of reach, so you end up doing nothing. Sound familiar? I am guilty of it in most aspects of my life, but I am

Is Being Complacent Costing You More on Your Energy Bill?

When I was teenager, I was fortunate enough to have: my own computer, a television and an air conditioner in my room (spoilt much?). I can’t even imagine the electricity bills my parents had in the days without solar power and energy efficient appliances. Now that I own my own

How to be More Sustainable this Christmas

Christmas is the time of giving, spending time with your loved ones and creating 30% more waste than you normally would. Over the holidays our contribution to landfill not only increases, but the materials that pile up are usually harder to break down. It doesn’t have to be that way

What Solar Rebates Am I Eligible For?

There is a good chance that you have seen advertisements recently promising great solar rebates in your area. A lot of the time these ‘rebates’ are referring to the STC’s. The Small-Scale Technology Certificates that were introduced in 2011. The STC’s are federal government financial incentives eligible to all small-scale

Do you know which properties are suited to solar?

There are a lot of contributing factors when deciding to make the switch to solar, but the most important is determining whether your property is suitable. Most of us know the basics of what makes our property suitable, but unfortunately there is more to it than meets the eye. Roof

$5,000 Solar Rebates available for ACT Businesses

The ACT government has released a new rebate for small business owners to increase sustainability. Under the Actsmart Business Energy and Water Program, businesses in the ACT will be eligible to apply for rebates up to $5,000 to improve their businesses energy and water efficiency. Businesses could be eligible to